This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. In my last few posts, I argued that a next-generation learning management platform should have the following characteristics: It should provide a framework that makes it as easy as possible for programmers with different skill levels in different programming […]
Rockin' Content Management
So, I’ve been keeping an eye lately on Alfresco, a cool FOSS JSR-168-compliant content management system being developed by one of the co-founders of Documentum. There’s a lot to like here–good handling of both documents and web content, flexible application of workflows and other aspects, drag-and-drop file management, including filtering/converting of documents–and all under an […]
The Portal is the Platform, Part III
This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. I have argued in this series that the heart of an LMOS should be a portal. The main reason I have given so far is that a modern portal is well suited to handle the long tail of specialized […]
The Portal is the Platform, Part II
This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. Ben Brophy raised an important point in his comment on my last post in this series regarding the different ways in which portals can be used with an application. As he points out, My Yahoo! just provides windows to […]
What Platform Do You Use for (Pure) Distance Learning?
I’m doing a little research and could use your help. I have a growing suspicion that the distribution of LMS platforms for programs that do large amounts of pure distance learning is different than the mix of LMS’s among institutions that mainly do web-enhanced (which is most of the higher ed market, frankly). If you […]
Huge dotLRN Installation
Spain’s The Universidad Nacional de Educaci�n a Distancia (UNED) is moving 200,000 students to dotLRN. As far as I know, this will be easily the biggest rollout of a FOSS LMS on the planet. Congrats to the dotLRN community.
The Portal is the Platform, Part I
This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. In my last few posts, I argued that accommodating niche learning applications is an important part of the next wave of LMS design, pointed to Google Maps as an example of a niche application that’s designed to be easily […]